A LANCASTER schoolboy who won the title Young Engineer of Britain 2003 with his flood plug' is now com-peting against some of the world's smartest minds.
Champion inventor Jack Tovey has jetted off to America to represent his country in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
At 16, Jack (pictured) invented an automated flood-prevention device for house ventilation systems - otherwise known as the flood plug'.
He is now among 1,200 young delegates from 44 countries vying for prizes and bursaries worth more than $3 million as they exhibit their innovative projects and inventions in Portland, Oregon.
The Lancaster Royal Grammar School student, now 17 and intent on a career in engineering, is joined by LRGS teacher Craig Reid.
They are with young engineer Philip Cowan, from Cleveland, who has designed a trailer with a hydraulically-operated drop hammer that allows one person to fence off a field.
Jack and Philip are part of the Royal Academy of Engineering's Best' programme - a network of more than 1,600 science, engineering, electronics and technology clubs in schools and colleges across the UK.
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